The development of equipment and facilities

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The Development of Equipment and Facilities

Naomi Hammond

Equipment and Facilities

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The Mill Adventure Centre

The Mill adventure centre is situated in South Molton, Devon and was opened in 2006. It provides many activities, courses, training and qualifications in areas such as rock climbing, coasteering, and survival. These activities are all delivered by professional instructors.

The facilities are the simple for the public to use with their easy , and membership schemes. The Mill’s main attraction is the indoor climbing wall. It’s 13.5m high which makes it the biggest in Devon! The wall is open to the public and they have regular competitions and festivals. They even run Junior and Youth Climbing clubs.

The walls have top rope routes, lead routes and even an indoor bouldering cave that is fully matted. The routes vary in difficulty for example they have grades from 3 to 8c so the mill is suitable for people of all abilities. The climbing holds are also frequently changed so that climbers can progress and the routes don’t get boring. The walls also have many features such as slabs, corners and overhangs.

The centre even has a practice area where people can be taught about climbing, learn about rope work and new skills.

The centre offers qualifications such as accelerated instructor training programme, walking group leader, mountain leader, single pitch award, The National Indoor Climbing Achievement Scheme (NICAS), site specific instructors scheme, climbing wall award and first aid

The centre offers many courses such as Taster sessions, inductions to top roping, and birthday parties for beginners to unsupervised climbing, personal coaching, leading and climbing development courses for more advanced climbers.

The centre runs residential courses for schools, adults and families including a wide range of activities on offer such as abseiling, survival skills, high ropes, zip wire, shelter building and camp craft, orienteering, navigation and moorland expeditions, beach days and team building and problem solving.

 

Knapp House Activity Centre

This centre is a family run business situated near Bideford in North Devon.

The centre runs many land and water based activities such as climbing, tree hoist, crate stack, low ropes, slide, team challenge, team building, pedal carts, tunnelling, coastal walks, crab and boating, ringo rides, canoe drills, waterskiing, surfing, and pool & lake sessions.

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Most of the activities take place on site however coastal walks, surfing, waterskiing, ringo rides, crab and boating, and lake sessions are run offsite but nearby at Westward Ho! Beach, The River Torridge and Stevenstone Lakes.

All sessions are led by qualified instructors who have all been trained in the areas appropriate to the activity. Each session begins with a safety brief and introduction to the activity the children are taking part in.

The centre runs residential day, weekend and week courses for schools. Arrangements and activities are created to the schools own requirements. The children stay ...

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